Director, Product Management, Data Center Power Solutions (San Francisco)

Director, Product Management, Data Center Power Solutions

Company: Qcells North America

Base Pay Range: $177,000 - $220,000 per year

Locations: San Francisco, Santa Clara, or Irvine, CA

Job Overview

We are looking for a Director of Product Management to join our team to manage development of a new Energy-Management-as-a-Service solution that brings operational technology (OT), information technology (IT), and artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver measurable business outcomes for the most complex facilities and energy consumers.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute product vision + roadmap alongside engineering leaders for a next-generation energy management platform that integrates edge and cloud technologies to optimize performance, sustainability, and compliance across data centers and other energy-intensive facilities.
• Translate business goals and customer pain points into clear product strategies, prioritized backlogs, and measurable success metrics that balance energy performance, operational savings, and market compliance.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with software engineering, AI/ML, DevOps, and product teams to deliver an integrated platform comprising edge devices and core services with a unified data ontology backbone supporting other applications.
• Engage closely with hardware engineering and equipment vendors to ensure integration and management of gateways, sensors, and control devices with cloud services.
• Develop strategic partnerships with key external OEMs and customers to align capabilities with emerging grid services requirements.
• Help shape and govern data and AI product strategy, including reinforcement learning, federated learning, predictive maintenance use cases, security, and interoperability.
• Influence organizational direction and long-term platform strategy, with potential to build and lead a product management team as the organization scales.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of product management experience, including at least 3 years leading or directing complex, multi-stakeholder software products in the data center, energy, sustainability, or industrial automation domains.
• Proven track record delivering integrated hardwaresoftware systems, ideally involving IoT, edge computing, or energy infrastructure.
• Strong fluency with cloud and edge architectures (Docker/Kubernetes, microservices), API design, and data interoperability standards (Brick, ASHRAE 223, QUDT).
• Demonstrated ability to define and execute product roadmaps, balancing short-term delivery with long-term scalability and compliance.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, capable of interfacing effectively with customers, engineering leaders, vendors, regulators, and executives.
• Travel may be required for up to 35%, depending on business needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or equivalent business training preferred.
• Deep understanding of energy systems and data center operations, including power distribution, cooling, and environmental performance metrics (e.g., PUE, WUE, CUE).
• Familiarity with wholesale energy markets, demand response programs, and grid integration concepts, including real-time pricing, carbon signals, and VPP participation.
• Experience in AI-driven control systems or advanced analytics applications (e.g., predictive maintenance, load optimization, or federated learning).

Pay Transparency (California): This job is subject to the California Pay Transparency Act. Actual compensation will be influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, education, licenses and certifications, essential duties, and experience relative to the jobs minimum qualifications.

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